The Biopsychosocial Approach: Towards Holistic, Person-Centred Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Practice

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, José Carlos Pereira dos
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Bashaw, Marie, Mattcham, Will, Cutcliffe, John, Vedana, Kelly Graziani Giacchero
• Tipo de documento: Livro
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://web.esenfc.pt/?url=FZ4DnhyC
• topic: Mental Health Nursing; Biopsychosocial Approach; person-centred

This chapter focuses on the Biopsychosocial (BPS) model of care to as it is operationalised for Psychiatric/Mental health care. Instead of simply examining physical symptoms of illness, the BPS uses a multidimensional, holistic approach to explore a patient's biological, psychological and social dimensions of suffering that affect health outcomes. The chapter begins with a general background and analysis of the essential theoretic elements followed by specific examples of how the BPS model has been applied to the practice of Psychiatric/Mental health nursing. Evidence is presented which demonstrates the effectiveness of BPS in understanding complex health-care issues such as depression and substance abuse. The model is not without criticism, and some literature suggests BPS uses an outdated, vague, pluralistic approach which introduces uncertainty that can confuse treatments and compound expense. Finally the chapter presents a discussion of the components needed to create a comprehensive assessment tool.